000 CDUS43 KICT 280653 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1252 AM CST THU FEB 28 2008 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 27 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1888 TO 2008 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 53 412 PM 78 1976 52 1 65 MINIMUM 19 612 AM 1 1890 29 -10 32 AVERAGE 36 40 -4 49 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.93 1918 0.06 -0.06 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.57 0.96 0.61 0.47 SINCE DEC 1 4.54 3.15 1.39 3.37 SINCE JAN 1 1.92 1.80 0.12 1.68 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 4.0 1900 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 4.0 4.0 0.0 0.2 SINCE DEC 1 19.6 12.0 7.6 11.0 SINCE JUL 1 22.1 13.7 8.4 16.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 29 25 4 16 MONTH TO DATE 826 794 32 847 SINCE DEC 1 2861 2846 15 2722 SINCE JUL 1 3613 3750 -137 3532 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 14 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (350) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 100 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 600 AM LOWEST 29 200 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 78 2006 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 29 0 1890 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 28 2008......SUNRISE 703 AM CST SUNSET 622 PM CST FEBRUARY 29 2008......SUNRISE 702 AM CST SUNSET 623 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$